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‘Mandy’ Starring Nicolas Cage Coming To Shudder

The film that IndieWire called “astonishing,” Newsweek hailed as a “fable from an alternate dimension,” that has a 94% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic named a “must see” is coming soon to Shudder! AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for thrillers, suspense, and horror has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to Mandy in the US from RLJ Entertainment earlier this Spring. It also acquired the Canadian rights from Elevation Pictures. Craig Engler, GM Shudder, said: “We were blown away by Mandy at Sundance and immediately knew we had to get this mind-bending masterpiece, which features an absolutely astonishing performance by Nicolas Cage, exclusively for Shudder members. We can’t wait for our members to see it”. Mandy has been playing to sell-out crowds in the US since its limited release in September. The film has already been hailed as a new cult classic, and Cage’s performance is being called one of the best in his long and illustrious career. Directed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 21, 2018

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New Details And Poster Creep In For Shudder’s “Creepshow”

“The Walking Dead’s” director/producer/and special effects master Greg Nicotero is the man behind Shudder‘s upcoming “Creepshow” series with new details emerging at this past weekend’s New York Comic Con including the fact that major names are involved including Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, as well as Joe R. Landsdale (Bubba Ho-Tep). The new poster was also unveiled (above). Reportedly, Nicotero stated that the series will have w a different feel from episode to episode which will not be constrained to a particular time frame like most series are. Nicotero also has plans to produce a digital comic for each episode as well, with hopes that they may one day be turned into a physical comic series. The original Creepshow film debuted in 1982 featuring segments written by Stephen King and was directed by genre legend George A. Romero.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 9, 2018

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Trailer Arrives For Sundance Now And Shudder’s Series “A Discovery Of Witches”

Sundance Now, AMC’s streaming service and Shudder, the leading genre streaming service announced today that their series“A Discovery of Witches” will premiere simultaneously on both platforms this January in both the U.S. and Canada. The series, called “darkly entertaining” by The Guardian, stars Emmy®-nominated actor Matthew Goode (“The Crown,” “Downton Abbey”), Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), Alex Kingston (“ER,” “Doctor Who”), Valarie Pettiford (“Being Mary Jane”), and Owen Teale (“Game of Thrones”). Based on the bestselling and critically-acclaimed novel of the same name by Deborah Harkness, “A Discovery of Witches” “is an enchanting modern-day love story set against the backdrop of Oxford academic life. Historian Diana Bishop (Palmer), a reluctant witch denying her heritage, accidentally discovers a long-lost bewitched manuscript in Oxford’s Bodleian Library and is immediately thrown into the heart of a dangerous underworld. On her journey, she finds herself tossed into the path of enigmatic vampire and geneticist, Matthew Clairmont (Goode), who hides a dark family secret.” The series,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 6, 2018

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Sundance Now And Shudder Team Up For “A Discovery Of Witches” Series Adaptation

Sundance Now and Shudder have teamed up for the first time and acquired the rights to author Deborah Harkness‘ best-selling novel “A Discovery of Witches” for a series adaptation. The series has an amazing cast that includes Emmy® nominated actor Matthew Goode (The Crown, Downtown Abbey), Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), Alex Kingston (Er, Doctor Who), Valarie Pettiford (Being Mary Jane), and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones). The eight-episode series will be produced by Bad Wolf, the team behind “The Night Of”, “Doctor Who”, “Torchwood”, “Da Vinci’s Demons”, and the upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”. Filmed in the UK’s Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford, “A Discovery of Witches” is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires, and demons live an work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Teresa Plamers plays the brilliant historian Diana Bishop, a reluctant witch denying

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 22, 2018

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‘Revenge’ Smashes Records On Shudder

Since its debut on the service last Thursday, the hypnotic and stylish thriller, Revenge, from first-time director Coralie Fargeat has become the most-watched film premiere in Shudder’s history by a wide margin. Revenge took the number spot following film’s premiere on both Shudder U.S. and Shudder Canada, and was the most reviewed film on Shudder during an opening weekend and currently has an impressive 5 out of 5 skulls rating from Shudder members (skulls are the Shudder equivalent of stars). Shudder subscribers aren’t the only ones leaving rave reviews, critics love Revenge too. It has a 93% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an 81% “must-see” rating on Metacritic, and everyone from The New York Times to Vogue has been cheering. …an incredibly stylish exercise in horror filmmaking…” – The Atlantic “Blunt, bloody and stylish.” – The New York Times “The bloodiest – and most important – film released this year.” – Esquire While streaming services don’t release viewer numbers,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 19, 2018

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Shudder Announces Killer Fantastic Fest Lineup

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for thriller, suspense, and horror has announced its killer lineup of originally produced and acquired films and series to be featured at this year’s Fantastic Fest, held in Austin, Texas, from September 20–27. The centerpiece of Shudder’s Fantastic Fest programming is the world premiere of all eight episodes of audiophile nightmare Deadwax, an original short-form series starring Hannah Gross (Mindhunter) and Evan Gamble (Hap & Leonard), created by Graham Reznick (I Can See You, PS4’s Until Dawn) and executive produced by Reznick and Peter Phok (The House of the Devil, Stake Land). The 8-episode series is slated to premiere on Shudder later this year. Shudder has also announced the acquisition of North American rights for two Fantastic Fest titles: acclaimed Brazilian supernatural thriller The Night Shifter and wild Japanese crime saga The Blood of Wolves. Fantastic Fest will also host the U.S. premiere of the celebrated Argentine horror film, Terrified, which will launch on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 19, 2018

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Shudder’s ‘Deadwax’ Series To Make World Premiere At Fantastic Fest

Streaming genre service Shudder has announced that Graham Reznick‘s killer series Deadwax will be making its World Premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Texas. Reznick who served as the sound designer on several films such as Stakeland and The Sacrament before becoming a filmmaker. “In the series, which will premiere in its entirety, “A young woman (Hannah Gross) is pulled into a murder investigation revolving around a curious vinyl record which has driven those who possess it mad, and killed anyone who dared to listen to it.“ The film takes cues from the urban legends about backmasking, that’s when a record is played in reverse and a message is revealed. Get your tickets now for the World Premiere of Deadwax at Fantastic Fest.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 14, 2018

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Stan Lee’s “Lucky Man” Coming To Shudder

Shudder, the leading subscription video on demand service for thriller, suspense, and horror has acquired all three seasons of the bold, action-packed crime thriller Stan Lee’s Lucky Man for US release, produced by Carnival Films. Based on the original idea from legendary comic book writer Stan Lee, Lucky Man is a story about luck, fate, gambling, superstition and the consequences of our actions. It follows DI Harry Clayton – a brilliant, yet troubled cop from London’s notorious Murder Squad who is also a compulsive gambler in danger of losing the thing he values most: his family. As he’s approaching rock bottom, he meets the beautiful and enigmatic Eve at a casino who gives him a mysterious bracelet that grants him with the power to control luck. But it comes at a price. I’ve always been captivated by the subject of luck, and I thought it would be fascinating to explore a character who is bestowed an immense amount of fortune,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 13, 2018

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Shudder Kicks Off Halloween With Movie Premieres And Much More

Halloween has officially begun on Shudder! To celebrate a new frightening flick will be premiering each week as well as special collections, digital exclusives, fan experiences, and much more. Just another reason why Shudder is the leading premium streaming service for thriller, suspense, and horror. We’re taking Halloween to an unprecedented level this year with a killer lineup of seven original and exclusive films that starts with the breakout movie REVENGE and culminates with the shocking slasher SUMMER OF 84,” said Shudder General Manager Craig Engler. “We’re also premiering the hit U.K. series True Horror, launching season 3 of Channel Zero and bringing back amazing classics like John Carpenter’s Halloween and a massive Hitchcock collection.” The season begins with Shudder‘s VENGEANCE IS HERS collection on September 10. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and the femme fatales of these films are no exception. Headlining the collection is REVENGE, a Shudder Original that delivers a razor-sharp feminist subversion of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 11, 2018

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Hell House LLC: Abaddon Hotel Premiering Exclusively On Shudder

Terror Films and Shudder, the leading streaming service for horror, thriller, and suspense, have teamed up for the release of writer-director Stephen Cognetti‘s highly-anticipated Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel. Following the success of Hell House LLC, released in 2016, Cognetti is giving fans what they’ve been begging for, a sequel, Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel. The sequel picks up eight years since the opening night tragedy of Hell House LLC; s many unanswered questions remain. Thanks to an anonymous tip, an investigative journalist is convinced that key evidence is hidden inside the abandoned Abaddon Hotel. This evidence that will shed light on the hotel’s mysteries, many unsolved deaths, and disappearances. Journalist Jessica Fox (Jillian Geurts) assembles a team to break into the hotel in hopes of discovering the truth. But the source of the tip and the secrets of the Abaddon Hotel are more horrifying than any of them could have imagined. Geurts stars alongside Vasile

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 8, 2018

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